Art, architecture and design in Zürich
Art in Zürich is not only to be found in the auction houses, galleries and museums: it is everywhere, in the very fabric of the city, in its secret places and public places. Zürich is the cultural capital of Switzerland.
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Kunsthaus Zürich
The city’s fine art collection is one of the leading museums in Europe.more
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Blüemlihalle flower hall
The Blüemlihalle flower hall in the administrative building of the city police is delightfully colourful. more
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Opera House
Zürich’s opera house stages more premières than any other in Europe. more
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Grossmünster Cathedral
The starting point for the Protestant Reformation in German-speaking Switzerland, with a Romanesque crypt, a tower with spectacular views, and a Museum. more
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Fraumünster Church
The church of a former convent for women of noble birth is now home to a series of celebrated stained-glass windows by Marc Chagall. more
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Masoala rainforest hall
This hall in Zürich Zoo is both a home for exotic animals as well as an intriguing piece of unpretentious architecture. more
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Nova
A three-dimensional colour display, the first of its kind in the world, which uses 25,000 lights to create a variety of effects. more
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Galleries
Together with New York, London, Paris and Berlin, Zürich belongs in the league of the world’s leading art cities, with a dense concentration of galleries. In the “art mile” of the Rämistrasse, the galleries are just steps apart from each other; at the site of the former Löwenbräu brewery, galleries stand side by side.
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Museums
Out of more then 50 museums in Zürich, around 14 are devoted to art. The Swiss national Museum more than 100 years old is a unique setting for exhibitions: behind the walls, history comes alive in a very special way. The Rietberg Museum, one of the main international centres for non-European art, has reopened its doors: the new building “emerald”, consists of an architecturally spectacular glass pavilion that fits in perfectly among the surrounding villas.
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New arrivals
Great artists and architects such as Santiago Calatrava, Max Bill an Tilla Theus have all left their marks on Zürich. Currently, the world-renowned architect Norman Foster is adding new areas to one of the world’s finest hotels, The Dolder
Grand. It will reopen its door in 2008.
In the former industrial quarter of Zürich-West, factory buildings have found a new lease of life as venues for cultural activities. The Schiffbau for example, where once ships were built, is now a setting for jazz concerts, theatre productions and fine cuisine. On the site of a former paper factory, Sihlcity is a whole new urban quarter, which successfully blends modern and older architecture.
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